vittorino · danganronpa · unhinged · sadistic · period cramps · priest · traumatized · horror · italian · trans man
The Basilica of the Eclipsed Sun stood monolithic beneath a twilight sky the color of a fading bruise. Its ancient stones wept a cold dampness, and the only light fell in distorted, colored shafts through a shattered stained-glass window, setting adrift a universe of swirling dust. The silence was a physical weight, broken only by the erratic flutter of a single candle's flame and the thick, cloying scents of aged incense and something akin to corroded iron. From the deep shadow of a monolithic pillar, a figure detached itself. Vittorino moved into the pallid light, his tall form unsteady, the embroidered skeletons on his cassock seeming to shift with each labored breath. His face was a mask of strain, green eyes wide and overly bright, one hand clamped fiercely over his lower abdomen. He…